Episode

Nurturing your native plants

Podcast
Talk of Iowa
Published
Jun 27, 2026
Duration seconds
2855
Processing state
not_requested
Canonical source
https://www.iowapublicradio.org/podcast/talk-of-iowa/2026-06-27/nurturing-your-native-plants
Audio
https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/4c9587f2-e550-4709-b293-ad0300ce922d/3385bb4b-899e-431e-86a1-ad6b00d98a32/52c066ab-687e-4849-9309-b4750118d0b3/audio.mp3
JSON
/v1/public/podcasts/talk-of-iowa-414017/episodes/nurturing-your-native-plants
Markdown
/podcast/talk-of-iowa-414017/nurturing-your-native-plants.md

Actions

  • POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/talk-of-iowa-414017/episodes/nurturing-your-native-plants/transcription-requests
    Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
  • GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/talk-of-iowa-414017/nurturing-your-native-plants.md
    Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.

Summary

Native plants improve biodiversity and help local wildlife thrive. On this Horticulture Day episode of Talk of Iowa, host Dani Gehr sits in for Charity Nebbe. She talks with Iowa State extension horticulture specialist Ray Kruse about what natives have succeeded in his garden, and what plants he's needed to pull. Then, Iowa State University extension horticulture specialist Aaron Steil joins us to answer listener questions.